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Wednesday, November 28, 2012

I know I have been MIA for a very long time......so much has happened since my last post I would not even know where to start. Soooooo, I will start with pictures of my new Granddaughter Sophie. She was born in February and is sooooooooo precious. I always enjoy the time I get to spent with her, she is a happy-healthy baby and she is also my first Granddaughter:) I LOVE her so much!!!

She spent the night with us Saturday night, we had so much fun:)

She looks so much like my Son....I love it!!!

She was more interested in chewing on her book then me reading it to her, lol

Cheese Granny:)

2012 Craft Show

My sister and I did our annual craft show in the Twin Cities last weekend. We had so much fun as always:) We sold our jam's, relishes and salsa's and primitives.

Here are some Wiener Dogs I made.....they were a real hit. Thank you "Crows Roost Primitives" for the pattern:)

And here is one of my snowmen....he turned out really cute:)

I really like these snowman wreaths....I found some rusty barbed wire, I had my husband form them into wreaths and then I hung one of my snowman head in the middle of it and added white lights....love it!!!

My sister made her jam's, relishes and salsa's.......they were a big hit too:)

My sister standing in front of all her hard work.

A view of our whole booth

Another look at one of my snowmen.

Everything looked so cute set up:)

Prims galore.

My tree of snowman heads:)

Since my last post, I am pleased to announce that I have a job that I love!!!!! I am working in a salon called D'Ahvee's and I LOVE it!!!! I will post pictures of my work place soon. My boss is letting me sell my prims at the salon which is so fun:)

Well that's it for now, time to get ready for work.....blessing to you all, it's good to be back.....Rhonda

Monday, January 30, 2012

Hello to my blog friends and family. So many things have happened since my last post!!! For one, I am officially done with school (my last day was December 17th). And to add to the excitement....I am now a licensed cosmetologist:) I took my state boards last Monday, and the results came in the mail Saturday and I passed!!!!! I will even tell you all my score because I am so proud of it.....it was a 93.....what a sweet relief!!!!

I interviewed and was hired at a salon called Hair's What's Happening in Spooner the end of December (it was one of the salon's I job shadowed at and I really liked it). We decided to scheduled my first day of work on January 26th, which was last Thursday. So I showed up for duty that day, and I absolutely LOVE it!!!! My work schedule is Thursdays, Fridays and every other Saturday for now...and as I build my cliental, I will add another day. The salon is so clean, professional and very well organized. I love my boss and my co-workers and the clients are amazing too. I am excited to start my career and learn and grow as a stylist.

My cosmetology teachers at WITC, in Rice Lake. Ms. G, myself, and Ms. L. They were great teachers and I miss them very much. I was only there a semester, but I learned a lot from these ladies:)

Here is a picture of my class at Rice Lake. They are all great girls and I wish them all a successful career.

Our cake

Before the holidays, I was able to do a craft show with my sister in the twin cities. It was one she had done last year and really liked. I didn't get a change to make anything new because of school (no time), but I had a few things left over from last year that I brought along with me.

Here is a display of cat's my sister made....so cute!

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My sister in our booth

I did get a chance to crochet some of these potholders....sorry I didn't rotate the picture.

While I was at my sisters, she gave me one of her spider plants she had started from scratch. Now that I have sunlight....I am going to try to grow some greens to add a touch of warmth to our home.

Because I can not just sit at night and watch TV.......and because my sewing room is still not set up....I picked up a craft that I had long forgotten about, crocheting. I started making some hats and potholders and dishcloths, it is so relaxing to sit at night and crochet up a storm. I gave some of my hats for christmas gifts and also made one from myself. I thought they needed a little sparkle, so I dug around in my vintage jewelry collection and found some vintage earrings to sew in the middle of the flowers.....love the sparkle it added.

My manikin heads from school came in handy:)

Lady in red

..........Christmas.......

We celebrated our first Christmas in our new house. I was so nice to have all our family together enjoying good food and fun times together.

We were all bellied up to the Christmas Eve feast.

Our Christmas tree this year. I found this tinsel tree at a garage sale last summer, I have wanted one for a LONG time. I had planned on also putting up a real tree but, because I was so busy with school, decided the tinsel tree was enough. Next year, I will go all out and decorate the house up good. But there is one nice thing about not going all out on the decorating.....there is not as much to take down after Christmas....loved that:)

Last but not least.....our blood hound is growing like a weed, she is an awesome dog!!!! We started letting her in the house late Fall....she is doing so well. We only let her on a blanket by the fireplace because we don't want hound dog hair all over the house and scratches on our new floor. She is very content there and is minding so good.

My birds.....I finally got the birds I have always wanted. I found this clothes drying rack at a garage sale also last summer. It makes an excellent bird feeding perch.

Our hound dog fast asleep:)

And if you are wondering about our chickens....well, the girls are laying eggs like crazy, about 17-20 a day. It's so nice to have fresh eggs to enjoy and share with the family:)

Well, it's it for now....ohhhh, I do have one more thing to tell you all. After my state boards last Monday, I headed to the twin cities to spend some time with my sister and nephew and also to reward myself for finishing school and state boards by buying a new Mac computer. My Dell got a virus last April and I have spent way too much time and way too much money trying to get rid of it, sooooo I finally junked it and moved on. I LOVE my new Mac....still learning how to get around on it, but it is not that hard. I am also excited because I can finally Skype with my daughter Alyssa who is teaching English in South Korea. I miss her so much!!!!

Hopefully, now that my life has a schedule again, I can find more time to blog. Have a blessed day everyone...until next time....Rhonda

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I am a christian woman who loves Jesus with all of my heart. He has blessed me with 3 children, a son Kasey 29, a daughter Kara 25 and a daughter Alyssa 20. They are the joy of my life. I have 3 grandsons Noah 3, Garrett 9 months, and Carson 8 months. I am married to a wonderful, kind and gentle man who treats me like a queen. I am truly a BLESSED woman.